Lady Bulldogs Third In Regional Tournament

The Winslow Lady Bulldogs suffered their first loss of the season to a 3A classification team 67-64 to the Monument Valley Mustangs in the semi-finals of the Enchantment Region Tournament on Friday at Greyhills Academy in Tuba City. Winslow came back to defeat Window Rock 62-59 in overtime on Saturday to claim third place in the region.

Monument Valley 67

Lady Bulldogs 64

The Monument Valley Lady Mustangs led after every quarter in their 67-64 upset victory over the Winslow Lady Bulldogs on Friday. The margin was 17-10 after the first period, 39-31 at the intermission and 51-48 after three periods.

Nicole Begaii paced Winslow with 18 points. Lindsey Begaii with 14 points and Faith Carpenter with 11 were also in double figures for the Lady Bulldogs. Irene Bahe tied Nicole Begaii for game high honors with 18 points for the Lady Mustangs. Tempress Freeman with 15 points, Kimberly Nash with 11 and Doneva Tree with 10 points were all in double figures for Monument Valley.

The Lady Bulldogs salvaged third place with a 62-59 overtime victory over the Window Rock Lady Scouts on Saturday. Winslow outscored Window Rock nine-six in the extra period to break a 53-53 tie in regulation. Window Rock had led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and 26-23 at the intermission, but Winslow held a 37-36 advantage after three periods of play.

Lexine Jensen paced Winslow with 19 points. Faith Carpenter was also in double figures for the victors with 18 points. Roberta Haskie led all scorers with 29 points for Window Rock.

Winslow carried a 23-5 record into the Arizona State 3A Tournament on Tuesday.

Comments

Comments are not posted immediately. Submissions must adhere to our Use of Service Terms of Use agreement. Rambling or nonsensical comments may not be posted. Comment submissions may not exceed a 200 word limit, and in order for us to reasonably manage this feature we may limit excessive comment entries.